behave (bɪˈheɪv
)
Definitions
verb
- (intr) to act or function in a specified or usual way
- to conduct (oneself) in a specified way ⇒
he behaved badly towards her
- to conduct (oneself) properly or as desired ⇒
the child behaved himself all day
Word Origin
C15: see be-, haveSynonyms
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- British English:
behave
The way you behave is the way that you do and say things.She behaves like a baby.bɪˈheɪv VERB She behaves like a baby.
- Spanish:
comportarse
v
- French:
se comporter
vi
- German: benehmen (sich) v
- Chinese: 举动 v
- Arabic: يَتَصَرَّفُ v
- Portuguese: comportar-se v
- Russian: вести себя v
- Croatian: ponašati se v
- Czech: zachovat (se) v chovat (se)
- Danish: opføre (sig) v
- Dutch: gedragen (zich) v
- Finnish: käyttäytyä v
- Greek: συμπεριφέρομαι v
- Italian: comportarsi v
- Japanese: 振舞う v
- Korean: 행동하다 v
- Norwegian: oppføre (seg) v
- Polish: zachować się v zachowywać się
- Brazilian Portuguese: comportar-se v
- European Spanish:
comportarse
v
- Swedish: uppföra (sig) v
- Thai: ปฎิบัติ v
- Turkish: davranmak v
- Vietnamese: cư xử v
- British English:
behave
If you behave yourself, you are good.You can come if you behave yourself.bɪˈheɪv VERB You can come if you behave yourself.
- French:
bien se tenir
v
- Arabic: يَسْلُكُ سُلُوكاً حَسْناً v
- Brazilian Portuguese: comportar-se v
Usage examples
He went on, `Of course, I'm a big boy now, I know how to behave myself.
, Unreasonable Doubt (1986)Thomson Brandt want to develop loudspeakers which behave like `acoustic windows" into a room.
New Scientist (1998)Dealing with some complacent duffers as that, I'd behave just as the IRA does.
Irish Times (2002)He would not have dared behave the way he did outside a football ground.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)Introvert children who are constantly criticized and punished may find that the safest way to behave is to do nothing and to say nothing.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)